This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.

Archaeologist Stunned to Find an Ancient Church Buried in Lake After an Earthquake, Say It Was Built Over a Temple An ancient ...

Legend has it that the island of Ios, Greece was where Homer took his last breath and that now he lies in his tomb on a hill at Plakoto.

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

Kings and Generals' animated series on Ancient Greece continues with the wars of the Diadochi, the successors of Alexander ...

Greek lawmakers have elected a former parliament speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum as the country’s new president ...

A jury has convened in London for an ancient ceremony to certify that British coins meet the strictest of standards ...

Remarkably rare Roman-British hoard of 404 coins discovered in the Netherlands ... during the Hellenistic and Roman periods in Ancient Greece,” the researchers wrote.

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have ... demand for silver coins grew rapidly, requiring smelting that released lead, said Koutsodendris.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records ... the Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea, demand for silver coins grew rapidly, requiring smelting that released lead, said ...